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Flowers in January, fruits in July. 
Conco: Brazzaville, Chevalier, 4112, 11377. 
ANGOLA, Wetwitsch, 1859 (type). 
The tree produces a very hard and useful timber, and its inner bark is 
employed for binding. The Angolan tribes call it Muzumbo. 
93. M. CAFFRA, JMeissn. in Lond. Journ. Bot, ii. (1843) 99; Harvey у 
Sonder, Fl. Cap. ii. 211; Wood, Natal Pl. t. 525 J. R. Simin For. Fl. Cape 
of Good Hope, 203, t. 55 ; Dunn in Journ. Bot. xlix. (1911) 221.— Virgilia 
grandis, L. Mey. Comm. 1? 
Arbor ad 40 m. alta, cortice griseo lenticellato ; gemm:e compresse striate. 
Folia 6-juga, 15-25 em. longa, petiolo 5-6-plo longiora, rachi sulcata 
pubeseente ; stipules caducæ; foliola lateralia superiora anguste oblonga, 
sepius apice obtusa vel rotundata, in apieulum brevem deflexa, nonnunquam 
breviter et obtuse acuminata, basi paullo obliqua, rotundata, 5-7 em. longa, 
chartacea, supra glabra, subtus adpresse pubescentia, venis marginem appro- 
pinquantibus 14-16-paribus erecto-patentibus approximatis parallelis, in 
nervum marginalem excurrentibus infra prominulis: petioluli 3-4 mm. 
longi ; stipellee setacez, paullo longiores. Panicule terminales, pedunculatze, 
eylindricee, 20-25 em. longe, rachi puberula; rami floriferi ad 7 em. longi, 
breviter velutini. ores dense congesti, 2:0 em. longi ; pedicelli 3-4 mm. 
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longi ; bracteæ bracteolæque caducæ. Calyæ campanulatus, dense adpresse 
sericeus, dentibus rotundatis tubo bis brevioribus. Petala purpurea ; vexilli 
lamina rotundata, basi fortiter transverse callosa, dorso longe sericeo-piloso, 
ungue 4-plo longior; alæ carinæque petala ovatæ, valde uncinatæ. Stamina 
diadelpha, perigyna. Discus nullus. Orarium lineari-lanceolatum, velutinum, 
5-ovulatum. Legumen oblongum, brunneo-velutinum, suturis incrassatis, 
15 em. longum, 3'5 em. latum, valvis lignosis tandem elastice tortis. Semina 
oblonga, 2 em. longa, compressa. 
Flowers in January. 
S. ArmicA : Natal, Plant, 20, Wood, 326 (Inanda), 650, 1025 (Berea), 
Sutherland (common in Mimosa valleys), Krauss, 194 (type), Gerrard, 9 
(Zululand) ; Cape Colony, Webe (Transkeian Conservancy). 
In Museum No. I. in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, are specimens of 
the wood and examples of tool-handles and other objects made from it. A 
fine photograph of the tree accompanies the exhibit. Sim (l e.) declares the 
timber to be the best of all S. African woods, and with one exception the 
heaviest. 
94. M. Sacteuxu, Dunn in Journ. Dot. xlix. (1911) 221. 
Arbor duro-lignosa, cortice albida striata, ramulis angularibus sepe com- 
planatis, gemmis Jenticularibus. Folia 3-juga, 30-50 em. longa, petiolo 
4-plo longiora, rachi glabra ; stipule caduce ; foliola lateralia superiora late 
